National Organic Conference '23 Jul 16, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Firstly, many thanks to Mark Lea of Green Acres Farm for hosting an excellent event. As well as the stand and the usual moisture meter clinic, Organic Arable had a good presence on the farm walk, pres... Member meeting Read more
Whites Oats Meeting Update Jul 16, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump 23rd June we met with Whites at Abbey Home Farm for our annual oat update meeting. Unfortunately it was rather sparsely attended for what one person described as a "really interesting day that all oa... Read more
Travels in South West France Jun 10, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Greetings all from South West France, an agronomists paradise with filed upon field of combinable crops amongst a beautiful landscape of rolling hills where there is a strong Organic as well as local... Read more
Bio Agronomy Jun 3, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Bio Agronomy ** I attended "The Road Ahead for Scottish Organics" event this week and was very interested to hear from David Cunningham of Dodseed Ltd who gave a presentation on his Bio Agronomy servi... Read more
Free Tickets to Groundswell May 26, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump If you're planning to attend Groundswell 2023 please come along and visit the Organic Arable stand and say "Hi". I've you've yet to book your ticket and are happy to give up an hour or so of your day... Read more
Crop Construction Phase May 26, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos We're deep into May and with prolonged warm sunny weather having finally arrived I thought I'd share the finer points of this critical developmental stage in a winter cereal crop. Most winter cereals... Read more
Market Update 19th May 2023 May 20, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump “Organic has proven it can withstand short-term economic storms,” said Tom Chapman, chief executive officer of the Organic Trade Association. “Despite the fluctuation of any given moment, Americans ar... Read more
PGRO trial site visit May 20, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos This week I visited the PGRO’s main trial site near Newark, at Stubton, part of Dyson Farms. I was there primarily to talk through the assessments they conduct as part of the Descriptive List work for... Read more
Winter Wheat Varieties May 14, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Dominic Amos Our winter wheat on-farm variety evaluation trials are showing some interesting results so far this season. I have been visiting all the farms, working through a simplified farmer assessment protocol ... Read more
Whites Mill Quality Data May 12, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We have some great data from Whites about oat performance through the mill over the last few years. The three graphs below show the performance of each grower, giving the average across all the loads... Read more
2023 Oat Contract May 12, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump We are delighted to finally bring you the 2023 Whites Oat organic supply contract. Apologies this has been delayed but the recent turmoil in the market has held up discussions. The oat market has fa... Read more
Early Organic Mascani Oat Seed Delivery May 12, 2023 News & Updates Organic Arable, Andrew Trump Getting organic winter cereal seed onto farm is always a scramble. There are no wholly organic seed cleaning plants so we are competing for space with conventional farmers to get organic seed cleane... Read more
